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Mid 40's and older had to learn without the use of the internet. Programming as a profession wasn't ubiquitous as it is now for that same age group. Above 50
by LanceH 10y ago
Mid 40's and older had to learn without the use of the internet. Programming as a profession wasn't ubiquitous as it is now for that same age group.
Above 50 and they didn't have a computer in their house growing up. I'm mid 40's and I had one by 9th grade, but it was a high bar for entry compared to today.
- protomyth 10y agoLate 40s and you probably graduated college with USENET but not the web. I would say that during the 8-bit computer era having a home computer was not that odd (well, excluding the Apple II because that was expensive).
- mtm 10y ago52 and I started with a KIM-1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1 (mowed lawns to save up for it, still have it, still works). Been programming ever since and rarely use SO (most of the time I just read the code when I'm trying to grock some aspect of a library.)
- cunac 10y agoooo, I am same age and KIM-1 was one of first computers I worked with , thanks for memories